There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and the villagers who had been driven away by Mu Cangsheng heard Aunt Linghua's mournful voice and ran to see what was going on.

"Go back, go back, what kind of mess is it?" Mu Cangsheng waved his hand to let the villagers at the door leave, and said, "Without my summons, you are not allowed to come, I want to talk to your guests about things." ”

"Grandpa Mu, what's wrong with Aunt Linghua?" Sun Lingyun asked as he poked his head out of the crowd.

"Nothing. Your Aunt Linghua is a little uncomfortable and faints, let her rest for a while, you all go down. Mu Cangsheng said softly to Sun Lingyun.

"Oh." Sun Lingyun glanced at Aunt Linghua, who was unconscious, and left Mu Cangsheng's house slowly with the others.

An Yun looked at it coldly and asked, "Elder Mu, how did you survive on this small island with nothing for tens of thousands of years?" Forgive me for taking the liberty of thinking that I may only be able to live on this island in the future, so I want to know more. ”

Mu Cangchang let out a long sigh, was silent for a long time, seemed to be organizing words, and after a while, he slowly spoke: "What should I say?" To say that this island is isolated from the world and forgotten by the whole world, this is true. But if there is nothing left on this island, it is not true. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand, pointed to the fields that could be vaguely seen outside the door, and said, "Has An Yun seen those corn and fields?" For thousands of years, since our ancestors moved there, all of us in my village have survived on those five fields. You may look very dilapidated in these bamboo buildings where we live, but in my memory. These bamboo buildings have always existed, and I heard them from my elders when I was a child. These bamboo buildings also existed when they were young. Sometimes I even feel that these bamboo buildings have been there since the beginning. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain where the bamboo building came from. Because on Funiu Island, except for those ghost trees and ghost flowers, there is only corn grown in the five fields in the center of the village, and there are no plants such as bamboo at all. ”

"Existed since ancient times?" An Yun looked a little puzzled, no matter from which point of view, it didn't make sense that there was a paradise in the land of evil.

"Probably not, but it must have been around for a long time. In the past, there were many people with great powers among the ancestors. Perhaps they have carved out such a blessed land so that we, the future generations, can barely survive. Mu Cangsheng sighed sadly: "But after all, there is only corn here, and the land is too little to support so many people, so our population is decreasing every generation, until now, there are only seven hundred and fifty-two people left in the village." When I was a child, there were more than 2,000 people in the village. ”

He paused for a moment and hesitated, "Miss Anyun." There was one thing I had never dared to tell the rest of the village. ”

An Yun was curious: "I don't know what makes the elder so worried?" ”

Mu Cangsheng's rough palm caressed the pottery bowl in front of him, and the two rubbed against each other to make a rustling sound: "Old decay has always had a feeling these days, and this peach source land is about to dissipate." Five fields are running out of nutrients. After all, corn that has been cultivated for tens of thousands of years has been able to persist until now, which is already a blessing from God. Thirty years ago, five fields began recording the annual yield of corn. It was found that the production is decreasing every year, and this year's production. Not half of what it was thirty years ago. ”

He said worriedly: "Naturally, the people in the village also found out about this matter, and everyone was very uneasy. I have to tell you. This is a normal phenomenon, every few hundred years, five fields need to absorb the aura of heaven and earth to convert into nutrients, these decades are exactly the time when the five fields absorb the aura of heaven and earth, only after another ten years, the five fields absorb enough nutrients, the yield will be greatly increased. ”

"But I know, no, absolutely not. The land is withering, and if even the only corn cannot be cultivated, then we, the descendants of sinners, will indeed die in this depressing land. I wouldn't be too panicked if it was just five plots of land where the yield was decreasing year by year, but what disturbed me the most was another thing. ”

An Yun said in a timely manner: "What's the matter?" ”

Mu Cangsheng pointed to the pottery bowl in front of him, and a frightened and uneasy expression appeared on his vicissitudes of life: "An Yun, you also drank tea just now, it tastes very bad, right?" Let me tell you, this water was not like this, it came from the spring over there, and for tens of thousands of years we have been feeding us from that spring, even irrigating five fields. Unfortunately, however, the spring is drying up, and now there is very little water, and the water quality is so bad that I suspect that it is poisonous. The health of the villagers is getting worse and worse, and they even ......"

His eyes were frightened, and his voice trembled: "Did you see a child in the village just now?" ”

An Yun recalled carefully, shook his head and said, "I only saw Xiao Yun'er as a child. ”

"Yes, that's it." Mu Cangsheng's eyes became more and more frightened: "Xiao Yun'er's generation, there is only one child in him. All the children died in their mother's womb, and all that was born was stillborn, stillborn! Do you know what that means? Genocide, our race is finally going to be severed! ”

"That's what really unscrews me, but I watched it happen, and I didn't have anything to do to change it. And at this time, at this time when I am going to despair......" He looked at An Yun, and there was an indescribable expectation in his eyes: "You are here, God sent you here." ”

"A year ago, Xiao Yun'er came to tell me that an old man told him in a dream that a sister would come to save us, take us away from this damn dead island, and take us back to the place where our ancestors lived, so that we can be free from the fate that has been cursed for thousands of years. I didn't believe at all, we are the descendants of sinners, our ancestors were traitors to mankind, who will come and save us? Even if there is such a person, when will she come? How can you take us away when you come? ”

"But you really came, just like Xiao Yun'er said, you came. Therefore, I believe that you are the hope of our whole race, the last chance God gave us when you came, to escape this cage and free ourselves from the shackles that have been imposed on us for thousands of years. Since then, he has lived a carefree and ordinary life. ”

An Yun listened to Mu Cangsheng's excited speech in silence, and sighed for a long time before he sighed: "Elder." I'd love to take you off the island if I could. But. Truth be told, I'm trapped on this island. ”

Mu Cangsheng laughed: "No, you just haven't figured out a way yet." An Yun, please believe me, I believe in fate more than anyone else at this time, and since fate sent you here at this time, it will definitely not be for nothing. And ......"

He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want you to take all of us away, I know that. There is no salvation left for our group, we have all been poisoned, and even if we do leave the island, we will die soon after. I have only one hope, I hope you can take Xiao Yun'er away, he is the only bloodline in our whole village. He is alive to represent our group of human sinners who have been dispensed for 10,000 years, and finally come out of this prison. The ancestors had spirits in the ground, and they would surely be gratified. Anyun. Can you grant me this request? ”

An Yun smiled bitterly: "If you can really leave, Elder, I promise you." ”

Mu Cangsheng nodded with a smile and said, "That's good, you don't have to be in a hurry." You look slowly, think about it slowly, and I'm sure you'll find a way out of here. ”

An Yun could only smile bitterly at him. To be honest, she really didn't have the slightest certainty of leaving here. Unless...... Unless she is promoted to the rank of Primordial Monk, or there is a slight possibility of crossing the boundless Netherworld.

But how is that possible?

"Elder. Haven't you guys thought about how to get out? An Yun suddenly asked.

"How could it not be?" Mu Cangsheng sighed: "Since our ancestors were sent to this Funiu Island, they have been looking for a way to get out. Among our ancestors, there were several powerful monks who were still in their infancy, but they still failed. However, at that time, there were countless ghosts and ghosts on Funiu Island, and even the corpses of flying gods, and powerful demon beasts were hidden in the dark forest, and the environment could be said to be difficult. Thankfully, those Infant Mighty Monks couldn't take us away, but with their protection, we finally had a foothold on the island. ”

"The original ancestors, while always looking for a way out, also had to fight with the creatures of the netherworld on this island, and fight with the demon beasts, this process is said to have gone through a long time, and it took all the dangers to be killed. Almost all of our ancestors died in these battles, and since then there has never been a monk in our clan in the infancy stage. ”

He said and took out the black pupil: "This black pupil was originally the eye of a Flying God Corpse King, our ancestors paid a huge price and finally killed it and gouged out the eye of the Flying God Stone. The eyes of the Flying God Stone King can communicate with the Netherworld, and with it by his side, it is possible to walk freely in that dark forest without being attacked by the black ghost tree. ”

"We uphold the legacy of our ancestors and must return to the human world, so every generation has never given up on finding a way out. Each generation elects an elder, who is supreme and is considered the leader who will lead the people back. As an elder in the village, I have never given up trying. At that time, there were a total of seven people in Sun Buer, and they were the only remaining monks in our village, and I asked Sun Buer and them to leave with a black pupil to break a way out. It was because I knew that there was not much time left for us, so I made a desperate bet and sent all the monks out. If they also fail, it means that the heavens will kill us, and we have no choice but to accept our fate. ”

"What makes me glad is that my decision back then seemed to be right, Sun Buji and they really went out, I believe that Sun Buji must have been trying to find a way back when he was alive, and he never gave up. He didn't find you, but he found you, which is good, he fulfilled his duty and lived up to the hopes of me and the villagers. It's just a little bitter Linghua, she is Sun Buer's youngest daughter, Sun Buer took away her newlywed husband Ge Dazhuang, they just got married back then, hey! ”

"Elder, don't say that, when Da Zhuang left, I didn't want him to go. But he said: Linghua, I am for you and the child, I don't want you to be trapped in this hopeless and angry island all your life, I don't want our child to be born with a cursed fate. So, I'm going, not for the legacy of my ancestors, not for the villagers, I'm just for you, for the children. Aunt Linghua, who didn't know when she woke up, choked up and cried as she spoke.

"Hey, who is not for themselves, for their children?" Mu Cangsheng sighed leisurely: "Linghua, I've suffered you all these years. ”

"Elder, what do you say about hardship or not, my father and husband will leave Funiu Island desperately for the sake of me, knowing that they will die and live a life. I'm very happy, it's not bitter at all. When she said that she was not bitter, tears kept falling.

Seeing this, Mu Cangsheng shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "I, Mu Cangsheng, am ashamed of the trust of my ancestors and villagers, and I have no ability to lead them away, so I can only hope for you, I hope you can do what our ancestors and I have not done, please An Yun." ”

An Yun's mood was also a little heavy after hearing this, although Mu Cangsheng only talked lightly about the experience of their clan living on the island for tens of thousands of years, but from Mu Cangsheng's somewhat numb story, she heard the grief, helplessness, hatred and refusal to give up in the hearts of the descendants of these sinners for generations. Her ears seemed to hear the cries, accusations and curses of the people who had lived in this village for generations.

"Elder, I will do my best, after all, this is not only for you, but also for myself. I don't want to be stuck here for the rest of my life, and I hope to be able to return to the human world as soon as possible. ”

After talking to Mu Cangsheng, An Yun left the bamboo building and walked in the village alone. Mu Cangsheng said a lot of things, basically saying everything she wanted to know, but there were many things she couldn't understand.

Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at the gloomy sky, and a thought flashed through her mind, but she couldn't grasp it.

By the way, she forgot to ask Mu Cangsheng what is in the sky? If there are no monks among the villagers now, but there was no shortage of monks in the village in the past, and there were even monks in the Yuan Infant stage at the beginning, did they ever fly into the sky at that time? There is also a flying god corpse, since it is known as Feitian, it will naturally fly.

She wanted to go back and ask again, but she saw Sun Lingyun squatting under the eaves not far away, sketching something on the ground with a branch. The bearded macaque squatted on Sun Lingyun's head, and also looked down at him as he drew on the ground.

An Yun smiled, glanced casually as he walked past him, and couldn't help but stop. (To be continued......)